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Wembanyama's 32-point performance steals Game 3 from the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, shifting the Finals momentum. The Rams land Myles Garrett in a blockbuster trade with Cleveland, signaling a full Browns rebuild. The World Cup kicks off Thursd
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Welcome to The Sports Hangover Daily, I'm Michael Benatar. Today on the show: Wemby steals one at the Garden, Myles Garrett is officially a Ram, and the World Cup kicks off in two days. Let's get into it.
Victor Wembanyama just walked into Madison Square Garden and took a game from the Knicks. Spurs won one fifteen to one eleven. Series is two to one, New York still leads, but the vibe has completely shifted. Wemby went for thirty-two points, eight rebounds, six assists, three blocks, and two steals. Shot eleven of eighteen from the floor. He was the best player on the court by a mile, and it wasn't close in the second half. The Knicks had a seven-point lead at the break and then completely fell apart. They scored forty-seven points after halftime. Forty-seven. At home. In a Finals game. Stephon Castle added twenty-three with a dagger three late in the fourth that pushed it to a seven-point Spurs lead with under two minutes left. That shot ended it. Jalen Brunson had thirty-two himself on eleven of twenty-five shooting, but he also had five turnovers. OG Anunoby went for twenty-eight and was really good, but it wasn't enough because Wemby just wouldn't let them have it. The free throw disparity in the second half was twenty-four to eight in San Antonio's favor. New York's defense got grabby, the whistles came, and the Spurs took full advantage. I still think New York wins this series. But I thought they were gonna close this thing out fast, and now? Wemby just proved he can go into the loudest building in basketball and dominate. Game four is Wednesday at the Garden. If the Spurs tie it up, this thing is going seven.
The Myles Garrett trade is done and the details are wild. Cleveland sent their two-time Defensive Player of the Year to the Rams for edge rusher Jared Verse, a twenty twenty-seven first-round pick, a twenty twenty-eight second, and a twenty twenty-nine third. That is a massive haul for the Browns. Three picks across three drafts plus a young pass rusher who was really good as a rookie. And the Rams got the best defensive player in football. They reworked Garrett's deal, he's locked in, and now you've got Garrett opposite whoever they've got on the other side in LA. That defensive front is terrifying. For Cleveland, this is the full teardown. Denzel Ward said at his celebrity softball game over the weekend that he wants to stay, which is sweet, but wanting to stay and having a reason to stay are two different things. The Browns are collecting assets now. They're not competing for anything this year.
Baker Mayfield and the Bucs still can't get on the same page with his contract. Baker said Friday he's not discussing it after training camp starts. PFT says the two sides aren't close. This has that Le'Veon Bell energy where both sides think they have leverage and neither wants to blink. Baker's entering the last year of his deal. If they don't get this done before the season, he's playing on a prove-it year whether he likes it or not.
Green Bay locked up Christian Watson for a hundred ten point five million. That's a big bet on a guy who's been great when healthy but has missed time. The Packers clearly think he's their number one going forward, and honestly, when Watson is on the field, he looks like it. Jordan Love needed this. That receiving corps with Watson locked in long-term gives Green Bay a real ceiling.
The World Cup kicks off Thursday. Mexico and South Africa open things up at Estadio Azteca. The US plays Paraguay on June twelfth at SoFi Stadium. It still feels surreal that a World Cup is about to be played in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. If you're not a soccer person, just know the atmosphere is going to be insane. A hundred and four matches across three countries. This is going to take over everything for the next month and a half.
And Netflix just announced their twenty twenty-six NFL slate — five live games, including the first NFL game ever played in Australia. Niners versus Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. That's going to be bizarre and incredible. They've also got a Thanksgiving game and a Christmas doubleheader. Netflix is going all in on football, and the streaming future of the NFL is here whether the old guard likes it or not.
Here's my Hangover Take. The Browns just got a monster return for Myles Garrett, and I think they're about to flip Denzel Ward too. Cleveland is doing the full strip-it-to-the-studs rebuild, and Ward is twenty-nine on a roster that's going nowhere. Some contender is going to call — maybe the Eagles, maybe the Chiefs — and Cleveland is going to say yes for a second-rounder. By September, the Browns will have more draft capital than any team in football and fewer reasons to win than any team in football. They're gonna be picking in the top three next April. And nobody wants to say this out loud — that might be the smartest thing they've done in twenty years. Every time Cleveland has tried to shortcut the rebuild, they've ended up right back here. Deshaun Watson. The Amari Cooper trade. Paying guys like they're contenders when they're clearly not. This time, they're doing it right. Rip it all down, stack the picks, and don't try to be cute. I'm calling it now — the twenty twenty-seven Browns are going to be a trendy playoff pick because of everything they're accumulating right now. It just won't feel like it for the next eighteen months.
That's your hangover. Go hydrate. I'll see you tomorrow.